Hostess, a unit of Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co., hopes to get investors to snap up the $1.2 billion in bonds it intends to float. To boost interest the company is telling
lenders it is mulling frozen fried Twinkies. Hostess, which makes Ho Hos, Donettes, Sno Balls and other snack brands, is also looking at plain old bread, with bagels, tortillas and English muffins,
per a source. “They have been working on developing bread with extended shelf life,” said the source.
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